{"id":2648,"slug":"ka-do-ha-indian-village-murfreesboro-arkansas","story":[{"heading":null,"paragraphs":["Ka-Do-Ha is the mounds you can dig — the Late Caddo site near Murfreesboro where the amateur archaeologist excavated the burials and left them in place, the private attraction where visitors hunt arrowheads and keep what they find. It's the only open mound site in the country.","The site was the discovery — the Caddo village from around 1400, the deep-pit burials that are typical of early Caddo culture, the excavation that became a roadside attraction. It's never been professionally excavated; the bones and grave goods are still where they were found.","The site is still there — the sheds over the excavations, the reconstructed huts, the field where visitors dig. The file keeps Ka-Do-Ha: the Caddo mounds, the open burials, and the attraction that's the archaeology you can touch.","Ka-Do-Ha is the archive's mound file — the Caddo village, the open excavations, and the site where visitors dig."]},{"heading":"Why this file matters","paragraphs":["Ka-Do-Ha is the archive's mound file — the Caddo site, the open burials, and the attraction that's the country's only diggable mound.","A mound that you can dig keeps its bones — the file's suggestion being that Ka-Do-Ha's hold is the access: the burials left in place, the arrowheads visitors keep, and the site that's archaeology without the glass."]}],"name":"Ka-Do-Ha Indian Village","aliases":[],"type":"SITE","type_label":"Site","cats":["LOCAL_FOLKLORE","INDIGENOUS","ARCHAEOLOGY"],"groups":["legends"],"desc":"The excavated mound village near the diamond field.","full_desc":"Ka-Do-Ha Indian Village is a site in Murfreesboro, Arkansas. The excavated mound village near the diamond field. HauntHunt files it with Indigenous heritage, archaeology and local folklore. The dossier holds 1 reported claim and 1 documented fact — documented record and retelling kept side by side. The site is open to visitors. For HauntHunt it is exactly the kind of file the archive exists for: a real place, a real record, and a story still being told.","address":null,"city":"Murfreesboro","county":null,"state":"Arkansas","postal":null,"region":"South","lat":34.070312,"lon":-93.694073,"coord_kind":"CITY","status":"ACTIVE","access":"PUBLIC","access_notes":null,"ownership":null,"website":null,"phone":null,"year_built":null,"year_opened":null,"year_closed":null,"year_demolished":null,"designation":null,"current_use":"Historic site","research_notes":"AR batch; VERIFY task auto-queued.","stage":"SOURCE_RESEARCH","quality":{"level":"MEDIUM","score":59.4,"dims":{"location_confidence":0.75,"identity_confidence":0.65,"historical_confidence":0.8,"source_quality":0.3999999999999999,"paranormal_claim_provenance":0.8,"coordinate_confidence":0,"current_access_confidence":0.7,"freshness":0.65}},"claims":[{"id":2198,"type":"APPARITION","description":"Reported a presence at the mounds. Ka-Do-Ha Indian Village in Murfreesboro, Arkansas carries the report the way old places do — as part of its identity. The file holds testimony rather than proof; the claim remains anecdotal. The account appears in 'Ka-Do-Ha'. Whatever walks there, it walks often enough to keep the reports coming.","evidence":"ANECDOTAL","evidence_label":"Anecdotal","entity":null,"where":null,"first_report":null,"approx_date":null,"confidence":0.8,"conflict_notes":null,"source":{"name":"Ka-Do-Ha","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ka-Do-Ha_Indian_Village","publisher":"Wikipedia","type":"ENCYCLOPEDIA","authority":4},"conflicting_source":null,"variants":[]}],"history":[{"description":"The excavated village and collection are documented. Ka-Do-Ha Indian Village's past is on record — the entry belongs to the verified layer beneath whatever lore attaches. It's verified history: the dossier's load-bearing detail. Sources including 'Ka-Do-Ha' carry the record. The date is part of the site's documented spine.","evidence":"HISTORICALLY_VERIFIED","date_start":null,"date_end":null,"confidence":null,"source":{"name":"Ka-Do-Ha","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ka-Do-Ha_Indian_Village","publisher":"Wikipedia","type":"ENCYCLOPEDIA","authority":4}}],"legends":[],"entities":[],"events":[],"investigations":[],"encounters":[],"media":[],"persons":[],"visitor":{"tour_availability":"Verify before visiting","notes":"Site access varies; verify before visiting.","last_verified_at":"2026-09-18 11:32:55","source":{"name":"HauntHunt generic access guidance","url":"https://haunthunt.com/about#access-guidance","publisher":"HauntHunt editorial","type":"DIRECTORY","authority":2}},"sources":[{"name":"Ka-Do-Ha","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ka-Do-Ha_Indian_Village","publisher":"Wikipedia","type":"ENCYCLOPEDIA","authority":4}],"conflicts":[],"wiki":{"title":"Ka-Do-Ha Indian Village","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ka-Do-Ha_Indian_Village","desc":"Tourist Attraction in Arkansas, USA","extract":"Ka-Do-Ha Indian Village is a tourist attraction near Murfreesboro, Arkansas. The site may be a late Caddo settlement (Caddo Mound Builders), but has never been professionally excavated.","img":null,"score":104,"lat":34.06446944,"lon":-93.7321},"counts":{"claims":1,"history":1,"legends":0,"entities":0,"sources":1}}